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Mon, 28 Nov 2022 21:51:00 GMT
Environmental crisis resurfaces after accident in Guanabara Bay
The latest in Guanabara Bay off Rio de Janeiro has brought back under the spotlight a decades-long environmental crisis in the area stemming from the abandonment of ships.

Sat, 26 Nov 2022 10:12:00 GMT
Brazilian-developed COVID-19 vax begins clinical trials
Volunteers were given Friday their first injections of SpiN-Tec MCTI UFMG, a vaccine against COVID-19 developed in Brazil "with national technology and inputs" and "financed with resources from Brazilian institutions," accordin...

Fri, 25 Nov 2022 08:11:00 GMT
Energy agreement between Argentina and Brazil extended
Argentina and Brazil agreed to extend the current Memorandum of Energy Exchange until 2025, it was reported Thursday. The document, which provides for the exchange of electric power and natural gas between both countries, was a...

Fri, 25 Nov 2022 08:04:00 GMT
Brazil off to a good start in Qatar
Brazil might be on course for their sixth football World Cup title, or at least the fans believe so after a convincing 2-0 victory over Serbia in the second Group G match played in Qatar Thursday.

Thu, 24 Nov 2022 13:12:00 GMT
Brazilian conglomerates dominate the Uruguayan meat industry export complex
The Brazilian conglomerate Minerva Foods is moving to complete a further overseas acquisition, this time a state of the art abattoir and meat packing plant in Uruguay which once the deal is completed will mean over 50% of the c...

Thu, 24 Nov 2022 13:10:00 GMT
Brazilian agriculture record sales; China main client, soy and beef leading exports
Brazilian agribusiness exports reached a record of US$ 136.10 billion in the first ten months of 2022, which represents a 33.0% increase in value over the same period in 2021, according to the country's official foreign trade o...

Thu, 24 Nov 2022 09:44:00 GMT
Bolsonaro's party officially questions outcome of elections
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro's Liberal Party (PL) called for a partial annulment of the Oct. 30 elections whereby the opposition candidate and former head of state Luiz InĂ¡cio Lula Da Silva of the Workers' Party (PT)was ...

Thu, 24 Nov 2022 09:20:00 GMT
Brazilian pop musician Erasmo Carlos dies aged 81
Brazilian pop and rock music legend Erasmo Carlos has died at a Rio de Janeiro hospital where he had been admitted a day earlier for breathing complications. He was 81.

Wed, 23 Nov 2022 18:30:00 GMT
Brazil back to mandatory facemasks on airplanes and at airports
Brazil's National Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa) Wednesday approved the return effective Nov. 25 of the mandatory use of face masks in airplanes and airports in a move to reduce the risk of COVID-19 contagion after a signi...

Tue, 22 Nov 2022 21:24:00 GMT
Brazilian experts: Vaccination saved 63,000 in 2021 from COVID-19
Scientists in Brazil said this week that vaccination against COVID-19 had saved the lives of 63,000 of the country's population over 60 years of age, in addition to preventing some 178,000 hospitalizations of people over 60 yea...



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